After the oboe finishes half of the melody, the strings finish the other half and end the first section. As this strings continues, a solo oboe comes in with the primary melody. The theme starts off with a slow, emotional part performed by the violas, which play long notes, and the harp, which plays repeating triplets. The forbidden love is sealed in matrimony and continues until it slowly crumbles when Anakin turns to the dark side. Somehow, John has managed to convey all of that complexity in a simple, hauntingly beautiful theme.' ―George Lucas Īccompanied by triplet arpeggios, this love theme illustrates the bond between the queen-turned-senator Padmé Amidala and the slave-turned-Jedi-Knight Anakin Skywalker slowly strengthening and blossoming into love. ' Their love is complicated - pure yet forbidden, personal but with profound ramifications for an entire galaxy.
